During their eight songs set, the band played hits including Munich and Papillon, with Blood sadly absent.

As the light dimmed for the ‘Everything Must Go’ segment of the Manics’ set, frontman James Dean Bradfield walked on stage to the sound of waves washing against a beach to begin album opener Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier.

Bassist Nicky Wire and drummer Sean Moore joined Bradfield as the song burst into life.

With little suspense over the setlist, the band followed with some of their biggest hits including A Design For Life, Kevin Carter and Everything Must Go while three large screens displayed accompanying music videos other visuals.

When not singing, Bradfield - sporting a dark suit and jacket – regularly left the confines of his microphone to spin around in circles while Wire, looking suitably extravagant in a drainpipe jeans, sunglasses and a jacket embroidered with patches, bounded up and down in front of bass amps adorning the Welsh flag.

The bassist dedicated Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky to poet Sylvia Plath and his “dear cheek-boned friend” Edwards.

Wire was on chatty form all evening, joking with fans ahead of Australia that despite the song’s lyrics about wanting to run away, the furthest he got was two days in Torquay.

While several of Everything Must Go’s songs still crop up in regular sets, the likes of Removables, Interiors (Song for Willem de Kooning) and Further Away seldom get outings so to hear the band play these was great.

Ahead of No Surface All Feeling, Bradfield addressed the Birmingham crowd to say he hoped they hadn’t ruined the album for them before encouraging the arena to jump up and down for the LP’s closing track.

The band’s run through of Everything Must Go’s 12 songs was a resounding success.

Bradfield’s voice sounded as powerful as ever, with the trio benefitting from a touring guitarist and keyboard player.

The number of hit singles on the album and the strength of the remaining songs are a testament to why It’s so highly lauded.

After a short break, Bradfield returned for the second half of their set which was a run through of some of the band’s other biggest hits.

Initially playing “Manics bingo” and taking requests, he played a snippet of chart topping single Masses Against The Classes before continuing with Tsunami and Motorcycle Emptiness.

Wire continued to chat with the Genting crowd, recalling tales of previously playing in the city.

The mention of gigs at the Aston Villa Leisure Centre was greeted with ‘boos’ by the ‘blue’ side of the audience, with football fan Wire explaining he thought he might get that response - going on to explain he was looking forward to next season’s derby.

Fans lining the barrier were treated to a very rare outing of Generation Terrorists album track Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds and Gold Against The Soul’s Roses In The Hospital.

There was also a cover of Fiction Factory’s (Feels Like) Heaven before You Love us and If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next brought the second half of the show to a close.

While a glorious romp through some of their other big hits, the second half of the gig had a certain sense of familiarity about it.

Other than one genuine rarity, it’d have been nice to see the band take more chances with the second set and draw from a wider range of tracks from across their other 11 albums.

Playing on the same night as the Eurovision Song content would have been the perfect excuse for a blast of Miss Europa Disco Dancer while finishing with Tolerate didn’t quite have the impact ending closing with You Love US could have.

Nit-picking aside, it was largely a triumphant return to areas for Manic Street Preachers and a reminder why Everything Must Go is one of the 1990s most loved albums.